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Goodbye -- but not farewell

By National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

When I was in college in Austin, we used to crash the fundraisers of Democratic candidates for statewide office. Free food, free booze, this was in the early 1980s, Democrats were still strong in Texas back then. (And they will be again soon!)Once in 1982 I crashed the fundraiser of Jim Mattox, Democratic nominee for attorney general. "I oppose the death penalty," I told him. "So do I," he said, while stuffing a bunch of shrimp in his mouth.He then went on to inaugurate Texas' rush to executions in the 1980s. Politicians, you know.I knew so little then. I know much more now.I didn't know, then, that I would become a reporter for the Austin American-Statesman and I would write a whole lot about the death penalty. I wrote this and my life will never be the same because of it...continue to full post

Full post as published by Abolish the Death Penalty on May 07, 2008 (boomark / email).